NPR has learned that the Pentagon has also approved the expansion of the U.S. Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the ...

Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for playing Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has died at 54. Costa Rican authorities report he was on a family vacation there and drowned while swimming.

We remember Kenneth Colley, the British character actor who died late last month. Colley was best known as Admiral Piett in the Star Wars movies.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Seth Moulton, democrat from Massachusetts, about President Trump's recent social media post about Afghan refugees in the United Arab Emirates.

After a two-week trial, a federal judge in Boston will rule on whether the Trump administration's crackdown on noncitizen pro-Palestinian protesters is an unconstitutional violation of their right to ...

Lawyers for Harvard University and the Trump administration made their arguments today in federal court in Boston, while supporters of Harvard rallied outside.

The days have been shorter than normal, at least if you count your time in milliseconds.

NPR staff members share their picks for the best new video games of 2025, so far.

The killing of a 114-year-old man by a speeding car last week brings back the spotlight on road safety in India, where authorities say accidents kill more than a hundred thousand people every year.

Medicaid work requirements are a prominent feature of the big federal budget bill, but working full time can jeopardize some people's health coverage.

For decades, scientists have been trying to create artificial blood to alleviate shortages and prevent people from bleeding to death. But those efforts have been repeatedly frustrated by failure.

Actor and Grammy Award winner Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for his role as the sweet teenager Theo Huxtable on The Cosby ...